QUESTIONS

Q : The opening credits of Call The Midwife show a street with terrace houses with a huge ocean liner in view. Is this a genuine picture?

M. Berrisford, Crewe, Cheshire.

Q : During World War I, a relative, one Albert Davidson, was part-owner of Hattersley & Davidson of Sheffield, who had to rush a supply of steel helmets to the troops on the front line. What became of this company?

C.J.R. Fentiman, Sheffield.

Q : Author Nancy Mitford (1904-73), aunt of Max Mosley, caused a stir with her article The English Aristocracy, published in Encounter magazine in 1954, which contained a list of ‘U’ and ‘non-U’ English words, the use of which she claimed separated the upper class (U) from the rest of the population (non-U). What were the words in question?

Nancie Rutherford, Sevenoaks, Kent.